ONE YEAR AGO, JULY 1, 2021
The Eatonton City Council met on June 21 and passed a resolution to tie the historic preservation district in with zoning code ordinances. The resolution will create a historic district overlay map, but not a new historic district. The goal is to add the historic district to zoning maps since, currently, there is no visible reference to show that a piece of property is in that district. The resolution was broken into two parts: the first was a motion to amend the code, and the second was a motion to allow the mayor to sign a letter requesting assistance from the Middle Georgia Regional Commission to create the overlay. Both passed.
FIVE YEARS AGO, JUNE 29, 2017
Students from Putnam County High School will soon document the history of Eatonton and Putnam County for future reference with the allowance of funds from a 2017 Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. PCCSS, in partnership with UGA’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, was recently awarded the grant to allow the school to partner with community leaders from the Georgia Writers Museum, Eatonton Main Street, the Eatonton-Putnam Historical Society, the Butler-Baker Alumni Project and the Artisan’s Village to plan, promote and stage several days of local history programming
25 YEARS AGO, JULY 3, 1997
For four days last week, Putnam County’s population was swelled by anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 people, depending on whose estimate is being used. The reason for the sudden, and temporary, population boom was the annual Family Day Reunion of the Holy Tabernacle Ministries on the grounds of Lodge 19, Ancient and Mystic Order of Melchizedek.
50 YEARS AGO, JUNE 29, 1972
The Recreation Department completed two weeks of Day Camp with 42 registered children. The first week saw the children working with Arts and Crafts, making such things as smile buttons, stick bird houses and recipe boxes, leather belts and tile ash trays. The children also enjoyed taking nature hikes on which they saw such things as frogs, bird nests, different kinds of trees and various kinds of rocks.
75 YEARS AGO, JULY 3, 1947
100 YEARS AGO, JUNE 30, 1922
Putnam County is to have another County Farm Demonstrator. This fact was decided upon the first of this week, and it is hoped that we can have a man here sometime during next week to take up the work. Mr. Tom L. Asbury, who is known and liked by all our people, having served us here in the capacity of demonstrator before being made a District Agent, was here the first of the week conferring with the Commissioners and assured them that he could procure a good man, and he is now making a selection for their approval.